During a snowstorm, the grieving Tiggy arrives at her friend Julia's remote home on Bodmin Moor after her partner dies in an accident. Julia and her lively family give Tiggy a place to recover and prepare for the birth of her child. Nearly thirty years later, Tiggy's son is about to become a father, and the next generation begins uncovering secrets that have remained hidden since that winter. Past choices return to affect the people who believed they had moved on. The story follows friendship, family loyalty, parenthood and the long reach of truths withheld out of love or fear.